Relevant Health Information Check Box

Relevant Health Information Check Box is an optional Secure Messaging feature. It is used for meaningful use Stage 3 Secure Messaging reporting. A system setting is used to enable this feature in the portal.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicates the provider is the best judge of what health information should be considered relevant in this context

Messages with content exclusively relating to billing questions, appointment scheduling, or other administrative subjects do not qualify as relevant health information according to CMS

The check box should be checked for messages that meet the above criteria. The default is "checked".These messages count toward meaningful use Stage 3 Secure Messaging reporting (provided all other CMS required conditions are met).

Using the Relevant Health Information Check Box

When this feature is enabled, you see a check box below the secure message editor window in messages that meet the following criteria:

You are creating, replying to, or forwarding a secure message

A patient or patient's proxy is included as a message recipient in the To field (care team members can also be included)

By default the check box is checked, indicating the secure message contains relevant health information for the patient.Complete the following steps before sending the message:

Determine if the message content qualifies as relevant health information per CMS guidelines.

If you determine the message content qualifies as relevant health information, leave the check box checked.

If you determine the message content does not qualify as relevant health information, deselect the check box before sending the secure message.